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to address that gap we need to reinvest in education. there has always been a race between technology and education. we used to always win that race. now we're 23rd. we haven't made the investments that we used to make. we also have to rethink the contract we have with our educators to not just to higher pay but more accountability. perhaps most promising is a set of new technologies that can transform the way we do education. at mit we have a program thought "mitx that brings online education to everyone in the world. there is con economy that does that k through 12 and many other technological advances that can bring the productivity improvements to the educational area that have already cured in manufacturing, retailing and distribution and other areas. >> eliot: we'll have to have that conversation some other evening whether online education is the way to bring high quality low cost education to the vast majority of our public and so we can compete. another conversation for another night. eric brynjolfsson, thank you for your time to
to address that gap we need to reinvest in education. there has always been a race between technology and education. we used to always win that race. now we're 23rd. we haven't made the investments that we used to make. we also have to rethink the contract we have with our educators to not just to higher pay but more accountability. perhaps most promising is a set of new technologies that can transform the way we do education. at mit we have a program thought "mitx that brings online...
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the first one a critical point especially to higher education. the benefit of the affirmative action structure are not just to the individual admitted but the entirety of the university. >> think about it, governor, the world in which corporate executives, the world of public officials and the world we all work and live today are a diverse world by race, ethnicity, gender. certainly learning and being educated in an environment that looks like that world benefits each and every person whose part of that environment. that's often forgotten because we tend to think of it only as what benefited the individual who might be admitted. because of affirmative action policies. >> eliot: which is why so many presidents of institutions of higher constitution say do not keep us the freedom-- >> it's very good to see the president of the university of texas on the steps of the supreme court defending this. there are those who are saying to the courts we need this type of administration system. we need today's world to considerate amongst a number of factors w
the first one a critical point especially to higher education. the benefit of the affirmative action structure are not just to the individual admitted but the entirety of the university. >> think about it, governor, the world in which corporate executives, the world of public officials and the world we all work and live today are a diverse world by race, ethnicity, gender. certainly learning and being educated in an environment that looks like that world benefits each and every person...
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educate the whole child. that is not an excuse. it is finding ways to make sure we mitigate poverty and we have done it in other places. in cincinnati we have wrap around services around schools that help educate the whole child and make sure kids are taken care of after school, to help make sure kids have a good nourished meal, that they have health care, and that is one of the things that people raised in chicago. people talked about air conditioning a lot. that's to ensure that in schools a third of which start in chicago in the summer that they are not sweltering so we are actually able to help kids learn, rather than see kids faint. >> eliot: one of the other interesting facts in a david brooks column today which sounds remarkably similar to you, three-quarters of the kids who graduated from the kip academy, which is viewed as one of the great charter schools out there, three quarters of those kids did not make it through college, and his point was they did not have the emotional foundation as opposed to the sorts of aspects o
educate the whole child. that is not an excuse. it is finding ways to make sure we mitigate poverty and we have done it in other places. in cincinnati we have wrap around services around schools that help educate the whole child and make sure kids are taken care of after school, to help make sure kids have a good nourished meal, that they have health care, and that is one of the things that people raised in chicago. people talked about air conditioning a lot. that's to ensure that in schools a...
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would have been much more powerful to say this is how you create opportunity by funding resources that educate the masses. >> eliot: haven't you put your finger at the largest crisis in the obama administration. he hasn't given an architecture an intellectual framework for the public to grasp on to. which would have justified the stimulus and health care bill. >> right. i think one of the reasons he hasn't done it is he is afraid if he does that it will make him vulnerable. so he tries to stay to the context, this policy for this reason, as opposed to an overarching plan for what it means to create opportunity. >> eliot: ken unfortunately time is running short. should democrats be panicking or is this a overreaction to one bad evening? and then next week the president will turn to normal. >> they are certainly putting a lot of stock into the vice presidential debate do think this greater unsettled atmosphere around the obama campaign and the administration but we always knew this was going to be a tight race some of the lead was going to shrink headed into the debates and into november, so i d
would have been much more powerful to say this is how you create opportunity by funding resources that educate the masses. >> eliot: haven't you put your finger at the largest crisis in the obama administration. he hasn't given an architecture an intellectual framework for the public to grasp on to. which would have justified the stimulus and health care bill. >> right. i think one of the reasons he hasn't done it is he is afraid if he does that it will make him vulnerable. so he...
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less than the annual budget authority of the department of education alone. the point is, the line budget simply doesn't work. everything else from the justice department to the epa isn't going to just shut down. the numbers they put in their budget just don't add up. as the old saying goes, garbage in, garbage out. if as the right budget dictates, they refuse to let revenues go above 19% of gdp and refuse to realize an aging population will require additional spending in medicare and social security, they will simply not produce a document that comports with reality. so the ryan budget, even with its endings medicare as we know it leaves us with deficits until sometime between 2030 and 2040. nothing left for anything other than medicaid medicare social security and defense, and a tax plan that shifts more and more of the burden of all of this onto the middle class. in the critique is not ideology. this is the simply air i thinkarithmettic of the ryan budget. the more folks learn about the r078ney-ryan budget the more folks will realize it is about as reliabl
less than the annual budget authority of the department of education alone. the point is, the line budget simply doesn't work. everything else from the justice department to the epa isn't going to just shut down. the numbers they put in their budget just don't add up. as the old saying goes, garbage in, garbage out. if as the right budget dictates, they refuse to let revenues go above 19% of gdp and refuse to realize an aging population will require additional spending in medicare and social...
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from education to r&d in critical sectors the investments that the government providers that are necessary for the economy are simply not part of paul ryan's world view. he is pleasant and knowledgeable enough, but his policies would be a disaster for the nation and will spell electoral defeat for romney once they are understand. paul ryan will be left standing as the voice of a smaller and even more limited republican party heading into 2016. that's my view. hey joe? yeah? is this a bad time? no, i can talk. great -- it's the 9th inning and your hair still looks amazing. well, it starts with a healthy scalp. that's why i use head and shoulders for men. they're four shampoos for game-winning scalp protection and great looking hair... go on, please. with seven benefits in every bottle, head and shoulders for men washes out flakes, itch and dryness. and washes in... confidence. yeah it does. [ male announcer ] up to 100% flake free scalp and hair with head & shoulders for men. >>> at a time when the divide between rich and poor in this country, the new ticket will undoubtedly hurt america's
from education to r&d in critical sectors the investments that the government providers that are necessary for the economy are simply not part of paul ryan's world view. he is pleasant and knowledgeable enough, but his policies would be a disaster for the nation and will spell electoral defeat for romney once they are understand. paul ryan will be left standing as the voice of a smaller and even more limited republican party heading into 2016. that's my view. hey joe? yeah? is this a bad...
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lower income, lower educated, one segment and also what spouses, college educated. how are you going to address them? are they susceptible to an economic argument and how do you address them? >> part of the information is -- part of the problem is they're -- they know less about politics. they decide late. they're more influenced by what's happening now than what's happened for the last year. and there's volatility. more volatility than we've seen in previous elections. i think there's two things the president can do. he's doing it. one is to get refocused on the middle class. refocused on the economic challenges that women face. particularly around issues like access to affordable and quality child care. equal pay. flextime though that's romney's only plank. he doesn't understand women care more about having enough money than flextime. that's one piece of it because women need to feel he understands the economic situation they're in. the second is a heavy focus which he is on how do republicans value women as a society? there is a narrative here that builds over th
lower income, lower educated, one segment and also what spouses, college educated. how are you going to address them? are they susceptible to an economic argument and how do you address them? >> part of the information is -- part of the problem is they're -- they know less about politics. they decide late. they're more influenced by what's happening now than what's happened for the last year. and there's volatility. more volatility than we've seen in previous elections. i think there's...
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i'm not saying how do you change education for the individual kid, but how do you change the budget and political thinking on this so we refocus for the next generation. >> you have to focus really very early years. if you bring elementary school education and healthcare in the pot, we would look at it very differently. in the overall numbers, we might be a little shy but it's not. >> eliot: dramatic. >> yes. when you look at nutrition family leave, care at home, that kind of stuff there we are terrible. that is at a very important stage of life for children, zero to three years old. >> eliot: what you're saying is interesting and vastly important because most of the studies prove that those are the most critical years. >> yes, there is a group of people who have estimated that a return on investment of kids in those years yields 6% to 10% a year. that's more than the stock market has yielded since the world war ii. that's the best investment you can do. in terms of crime rate, more productivity when this is very well spent money. >> eliot: is there a reason ideological that we have avo
i'm not saying how do you change education for the individual kid, but how do you change the budget and political thinking on this so we refocus for the next generation. >> you have to focus really very early years. if you bring elementary school education and healthcare in the pot, we would look at it very differently. in the overall numbers, we might be a little shy but it's not. >> eliot: dramatic. >> yes. when you look at nutrition family leave, care at home, that kind of...
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and i think education reform with the grants are also really important. so he has done stuff but what is interesting to me, and i don't fully understand is, why not campaign on that? >> eliot: robert has made a point. chrystia you're right. in terms of wealth, income and. >> healthcare was a distraction because he followed hillary clinton's advice. he didn't have a single payer. he didn't have any robust public option. he did nothing to control costs nothing. >> but isn't it better than nothing? >> look, if i lived in a swing state i would vote for obama no doubt about it. romney scares me. he wants to give wall street a bank check. he is a greater evil. >> eliot: you were clear you said he's the lesser of two evils. >> obama. >> eliot: yes. you did not describe him in the affirmative vote. >> you know this better than i do. when you put lawrence sumners in and timothy geithner, you are clear about it. i would have voted for you. that's why i came on this show. seriously, you had the right mentionmessage. i'm not trying to flatter you. and i thought obama
and i think education reform with the grants are also really important. so he has done stuff but what is interesting to me, and i don't fully understand is, why not campaign on that? >> eliot: robert has made a point. chrystia you're right. in terms of wealth, income and. >> healthcare was a distraction because he followed hillary clinton's advice. he didn't have a single payer. he didn't have any robust public option. he did nothing to control costs nothing. >> but isn't it...
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higher education >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. it takes people with real knowledge to build and maintain a race car. polymers, hydo-carbons, thermal plastics, math and science? you bet it is. many kids don't understand how important these subjects can be that's why time warner cable developed connect a million minds. to introduce kids in our communities to the opportunities that inspire them to develop these important skills. how can my car go faster? maybe your child will figure it out. find out more at connectamillionminds.com exist? some say all this drama is nothing more than a diversion from the real issues. joining me now to discuss this so-called women's vote slate senior editor, dahlia. thank you for joining us. now you wrote this article "full disclosure." i also write for "slate" so we're colleagues. you wrote and said this is d
higher education >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. it takes people with real knowledge to build and maintain a race car. polymers, hydo-carbons, thermal plastics, math and science? you bet it is. many kids don't understand how important these...
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chapter dedicated to higher education. give us a sense. >> let me tell you what i really think we need. this is a crisis. this is the biggest crisis the country faces. where is the presidential commission on the restoration of the great american middle class? where is the state of center of study for the middle class. where is a study that can be done to help this? put a lobby right in the middle of k street that will represent the interest of the great middle class, and we'll raise--whatever we do, if it's deficit terrorism, they're all huge problems, but the biggest problem we have right now and where are we going to get people to say every policy, everything that comes through we ask the simple question, how does this effect the middle class? >> eliot: and you refer to the chart in the book where productivity has gone up. wages are flat. solving that problem will put more pots in the middle class. >> precisely. with the best minds and the best people. >> eliot: we'll put new charge that have commission. james carville,
chapter dedicated to higher education. give us a sense. >> let me tell you what i really think we need. this is a crisis. this is the biggest crisis the country faces. where is the presidential commission on the restoration of the great american middle class? where is the state of center of study for the middle class. where is a study that can be done to help this? put a lobby right in the middle of k street that will represent the interest of the great middle class, and we'll...
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i mean we talk about -- the left talks about education firefighters teachers and police officers. last time i checked the federal government doesn't hire teachers firefighters or police officers and yet the government seems to be grabbing more and more power toward washington. they should leave those to the states and local jurisdictions. >> eliot: so you're saying it is a question of the state versus federal. it is a federalism issue for you. >> i think the states can do a far better job in making sure their states are educated then you get competition between the states as to who has the better policies then people can decide for themselves just like tax policies. from california to texas. >> eliot: still not clear to me where the third degree of cancer of socialism comes from. let's switch gears to healthcare. i'm not trying to take things out of context. he's against the government providing healthcare financing. people have to start being held accountable for their decisions. they could sell their car to help cover that. he's saying if you're uninsured we won't do anything fo
i mean we talk about -- the left talks about education firefighters teachers and police officers. last time i checked the federal government doesn't hire teachers firefighters or police officers and yet the government seems to be grabbing more and more power toward washington. they should leave those to the states and local jurisdictions. >> eliot: so you're saying it is a question of the state versus federal. it is a federalism issue for you. >> i think the states can do a far...
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students and their parents who not only strife for top-notch education but who hope for fighting chance to pay off their student loans women who believe they should have more say about their bodies and medical care than politicians. in sum, i've said it before. facts matter, science matters reason matters. mitt romney has shown an inability to respect all three. president obama has is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president. that's my view. (vo) john fugelsang sees what happens. i like mitt romney but i'm sorry. they guy has flipped more than a crack house mattress. (vo) so we gave him a weekly show. >> thank you. >> eliot: the food fight is on. at least in california. where an outcome at the ballot box this tuesday could impact supermarket shelves nationwide. at issue in the bay state is a ballot measure known as prop 37, which would require the labeling of containing genetically modified organisms gmos, and make it illegal to advertise such food as natural. supporters politically organic food industry hold that americans deserve to know. but opponents of the m
students and their parents who not only strife for top-notch education but who hope for fighting chance to pay off their student loans women who believe they should have more say about their bodies and medical care than politicians. in sum, i've said it before. facts matter, science matters reason matters. mitt romney has shown an inability to respect all three. president obama has is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president. that's my view. (vo) john fugelsang sees what...
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focused on energy and education on the right way to fix the deficit. romney's approach is the wrong approach on taxes on deficit on wall street reform, on medicare and healthcare. >> eliot: on "good morning america," comedian jon stewart said he tried the same strategy in an upcoming debate with bile o'reilly. >> strategy that obama took, it is the rope-a-dope but instead of letting your opponent punch himself out you just get beat up. >> eliot: ouch. piling insult on top of self-inflicted injury, john sununu told msnbc's andrea mitchell -- >> what people saw last night i think, was a president that revealed his incompetence, how lazy and detached he is. >> did you really mean to call barack obama the president of the united states lazy? >> he didn't want to prepare for this debate. he's lazy and disengaged. >> eliot: wow. asked if sununu's comments had overtones, it seems that way. obama's senior adviser david axelrod thinks romney's say what works strategy will ultimately work against him. >> eliot: which had better mean the next debate unless the pr
focused on energy and education on the right way to fix the deficit. romney's approach is the wrong approach on taxes on deficit on wall street reform, on medicare and healthcare. >> eliot: on "good morning america," comedian jon stewart said he tried the same strategy in an upcoming debate with bile o'reilly. >> strategy that obama took, it is the rope-a-dope but instead of letting your opponent punch himself out you just get beat up. >> eliot: ouch. piling insult...
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that's where some of these women's issues not just abortion, but equal pay healthcare education, really can shine a light on which candidate is really paying attention to working class people and middle class people. >> eliot: i want to do something that is hard, which is to post november 6th world and come back back, where does the republican party go on these social issues post november 6th. is the tea party getting so strong within their camp that this pour portends of things to come. >> that ship has already sailed. to hear from mourdock and akin, five or six years ago simply that these guys are not savvy enough to blow the dog whistle. the republican party they move further to the right after the election. >> eliot: margie, real quick time runs short. will the republican party lose those walmart moms that you've studied so much if in fact what same sasssam says will happen. >> i think both candidates tried in the last debate tried to speak to the moms even in the context of foreign policy, really try to talk about it through the lens of domestic policy, and they got that. the quest
that's where some of these women's issues not just abortion, but equal pay healthcare education, really can shine a light on which candidate is really paying attention to working class people and middle class people. >> eliot: i want to do something that is hard, which is to post november 6th world and come back back, where does the republican party go on these social issues post november 6th. is the tea party getting so strong within their camp that this pour portends of things to come....
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we talk about education, infrastructure. we talk about protecting the middle class, all noble traditionally f.d.r. ideas but nothing there. i am not saying this critically. nothing there that tells me how we are going to do it. >> i think one irony here is that a lot of people on the left agree with mitt romney on the tone but not the substance. they actually do think that obama's policies are part of the problem. of course, they think he doesn't have a big enough stimulus in the first place. it's like how do you -- you know, how do you argue for the thing that you didn't do and don't want to say you should have done. >> right. >> do you tack a little more right to be populist? i think they see in their polls and research that there is some mileage to be gained in pitting himself against the masters of wall street, the masters of the economy. there is a sense of sus springspicion and blame among voters. >> the populist, emotional argument is compelling which is why the fairness argument about making those who are wealthier p
we talk about education, infrastructure. we talk about protecting the middle class, all noble traditionally f.d.r. ideas but nothing there. i am not saying this critically. nothing there that tells me how we are going to do it. >> i think one irony here is that a lot of people on the left agree with mitt romney on the tone but not the substance. they actually do think that obama's policies are part of the problem. of course, they think he doesn't have a big enough stimulus in the first...
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now loorz who founded the group "kids versus global warming" five years ago to educate his peers about climb change is suing the federal government including epa ledge for lisa jackson, demanding a 6% reduction in car done carbon dioxide starting in 2013. this friday a federal court will decide whether or not this case ask proceed. here to tell us about this very unique lawsuit is the 17-year-old plaintiff himself alex loorz and his co-counsel in the case, thank you for your time and devotion to the issue. alec is it your idea to bring this to an actual lawsuit? >> it's been a collaborative effort. i've been a climate change activist ever since i was 12 and i spent my entire teenage life pushing for changes in our homes, communities, and calling for actions in the streets and my organization "i matter" organized a march that marched in communities in over 200 places in over 45 countries. but for this first few years of my journey i was feeling like that wasn't enough. we need something serious that will get to the core of what this issue is about. changing light bulbs and riding bikes
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we have a 501 c 3 which is our educational arm where we study. but we give no money to candidates. when we go to capitol hill or state capitols we register as lobbyists, fill out the forms and we're completely transparent. >> you're saying there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it. you stay transimportant, you say this is our lobbying vehicle this is what you stand for and you don't masquerade behind the guise of being a charity. >> full transparency. we don't behind being a charity. register, report, and file the tax code the way it's set up and don't try to hide your lobbying in a charity. >> all right, former congressman and now president of common cause bob edgar, thank you for being here this evening. no justice, the d oj dragging its feet. my view coming up. it's completely inappropriate for television. [ male announcer ] at green giant we know nature gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their peak. ...and freezes them fast locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, ho,
we have a 501 c 3 which is our educational arm where we study. but we give no money to candidates. when we go to capitol hill or state capitols we register as lobbyists, fill out the forms and we're completely transparent. >> you're saying there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it. you stay transimportant, you say this is our lobbying vehicle this is what you stand for and you don't masquerade behind the guise of being a charity. >> full transparency. we don't behind...
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we make -- we need to dot the i's and see the intimate link not enough money for education and housing. >> how do we politicians to actually listen to the voters? because on so many issues the voters are so clear, over 80% said for the love of god tax the richard! >> yeah. >> mitt romney paided a 13 14% tax rate when he has a quarter dollars, but they won't do it. >> poverty can be so debilitating debilitating. we do have voices that need to be lifted occupy wall street movement reminings each and every one of us that we can make a difference and push politicians to pay attention. president obama is sounding a much more populous theme these days because he is being pushed. great presidents are made. they have to be pushed into their greatness. there is no lbj mlk pushing him. we do lay out 12 poverty reducing ideas that we got to talk about in this campaign. this the last race for the white house you'll recall in three presidential debates there the word poor or poverty didn't come up one time. fast forward four years one out of two americans are either in or near poverty, half of amer
we make -- we need to dot the i's and see the intimate link not enough money for education and housing. >> how do we politicians to actually listen to the voters? because on so many issues the voters are so clear, over 80% said for the love of god tax the richard! >> yeah. >> mitt romney paided a 13 14% tax rate when he has a quarter dollars, but they won't do it. >> poverty can be so debilitating debilitating. we do have voices that need to be lifted occupy wall street...
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were delight: finally students could spend tax money on private education, including and especially christian schools. which brings us to the number of the day greater than one. that turns out to be the number of religious in the world. louisiana republicans had not considered that and hadn't released that couchers would go to a none christian school. but there was. the islamic school of greater new orleans turned up on the list of voucher-approved classrooms, and the louisiana g.o.p. exploded. that school has since withdrawn from the abraham. but republican state representative valerie hodges wants to make sure that the vouchers can't go to muslims. well, too bad. representative hodges, once you open the door between government and religion, you open it to all religious, not just christians and muslims but snake handlers scientologists rastafarianss. you don't want tax dollars going to muslim school? well, a lot of other people don't want state money going to christian fundamentalists. that's exactly why we separated the church and state. >>we talk a lot about the influence of mone
were delight: finally students could spend tax money on private education, including and especially christian schools. which brings us to the number of the day greater than one. that turns out to be the number of religious in the world. louisiana republicans had not considered that and hadn't released that couchers would go to a none christian school. but there was. the islamic school of greater new orleans turned up on the list of voucher-approved classrooms, and the louisiana g.o.p. exploded....
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from the beginning it had roads and bridges public education. from the begining if had public buildings, public records a patent service from the beginning. if you list all these things there from the beginning and that have been added to like funding for research, for example. you know funding for universities, funding for public parks and monuments and things like that. all of those things that we need transportation systems communication systems all of those things that make individual life meaningful and possible that give you the freedom to take carry this out. he should have talked about the freedom to build a business, work hard and do all those things, but you can't do it without the freedom to do it, and the public provides that. >> eliot: look, i hope that the president doesn't get pushed back off this thematic by the republican response. i think he should double down, go right at it, embrace it, do what he has done best throughout his political career, which is to write the brilliant speech defining and articulating exactly what you s
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it's a dirty word to the education establishment, the unions in particular. do you believe vouchers have any future regardless mitt romney is elected president? congress is not likely to fund a voucher program, is this more politics or he really believes vouchers will work and have a place in our educational establishment? >> right, i think it's politics. this is the conservative line you hear on education, this idea of vouchizing the system, having kids who go to public schools get vouchers and go to private schools. but of course, teachers unions public school are advocate, and aren't happy with that and it won't necessarily go anywhere. i think david is exactly right. this idea of talking about education is a soft issue trying to appeal to black folks. it's really an indirect appeal to those suburban women voters who will decide this election, not so much in pennsylvania because i don't think that a republican is going to be able to win that state, but you're going to see that in states of virginia, ohio, and to a certain extent, florida. >> eliot: we're s
it's a dirty word to the education establishment, the unions in particular. do you believe vouchers have any future regardless mitt romney is elected president? congress is not likely to fund a voucher program, is this more politics or he really believes vouchers will work and have a place in our educational establishment? >> right, i think it's politics. this is the conservative line you hear on education, this idea of vouchizing the system, having kids who go to public schools get...
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the economy is growing because government is the spender of last resort and encouraging investment, education, job training, infrastructure, that growth actually enables the debt to shrink as proportion of the economy over all. europe and particularly spain and britain are the worst examples. they embarked on austerity economics, what happens? they actually shrink their economy. they go into recession, and their debt or deficit becomes a bigger problem as as the overall economy. >> eliot: i want to take snippets of this conversation and send it to every voter, and that would be a guarantee that there would an second term for president obama. previews of uc berkeley goldman school of public policy. as always, thank you. >> thanks. >> eliot: dennis kelleher president and ceo of better markets, nonpartisan organization promoting public interestage financial reform. den, you heard robert reich who has not gotten enough attention that is important that that we need to focus on. >> the most important number to talk about outside of the political context. it's a long-term problem for the economy, fo
the economy is growing because government is the spender of last resort and encouraging investment, education, job training, infrastructure, that growth actually enables the debt to shrink as proportion of the economy over all. europe and particularly spain and britain are the worst examples. they embarked on austerity economics, what happens? they actually shrink their economy. they go into recession, and their debt or deficit becomes a bigger problem as as the overall economy. >> eliot:...
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mitt romney was at the education nation forum where he couldn't believe that new york parents might support the teacher's union over reformers like mike bloomberg. one parent assisted a quinnipiac poll showed just that. >> they believe that actually unions are fighting for our kids and that a lot of the reform has been holding back our kids. >> i don't believe it for a minute. i know something about polls. [ laughter ] and i know you can ask questions to get any answer you want. >> eliot: poor mitt. when the question was who do you trust to protect the interest of public school children, parents of new york public school students faved the union over bloomberg by better than three to one. for successful private equity chief, mitt romney seemed to have a problem with numbers and facts. let's go to "buzzfeed" correspondent and rolling stone contributing editor michael hasting and huff post live host abby huntsman. all right. a lot of stuff going out there in the political world. the reality is none of it is changing the landscape. first question today was foreign policy day. did president oba
mitt romney was at the education nation forum where he couldn't believe that new york parents might support the teacher's union over reformers like mike bloomberg. one parent assisted a quinnipiac poll showed just that. >> they believe that actually unions are fighting for our kids and that a lot of the reform has been holding back our kids. >> i don't believe it for a minute. i know something about polls. [ laughter ] and i know you can ask questions to get any answer you want....
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otherwise you will end up giving people tax breaks at the invest of investing in our kids education and that's not something that away tonight to the. >> eliot: you may have to equalize ordinary and capital gains rate. they recognize that is one of the tax reforms that should be considered. it should be become part of our every day conversation. it's right in terms of economic, in terms of equity. i'm not sure that the democratic party should believe that it's a fiscal cliff is a cliff. it's not a cliff. it's a hill. and the spending cuts, the seq sequestration should be looked at slowly. if you play into their hands that cataclysm breaks out on january 1st. i think you should challenge that notion. >> with respect to capital gains. when we did tax reform with ronald reagan. they equalized capital gains with ordinary income. with respect to the fiscal cliff, look, i would say that we do not want to go over the fiscal cliff, but this choice is in republican hands. i think they're going to make a huge mistake for themselves if they continue to say unless this very high bonus tax break tha
otherwise you will end up giving people tax breaks at the invest of investing in our kids education and that's not something that away tonight to the. >> eliot: you may have to equalize ordinary and capital gains rate. they recognize that is one of the tax reforms that should be considered. it should be become part of our every day conversation. it's right in terms of economic, in terms of equity. i'm not sure that the democratic party should believe that it's a fiscal cliff is a cliff....
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from education to r&d in critical sectors the investments that the government providers that are necessary for the economy are simply not part of paul ryan's world view. he is pleasant and knowledgeable enough but his policies would be a disaster for the nation and will spell electoral defeat for romney once they are understand. paul ryan will be left standing of a smaller and even more limited (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>"if you ever raise taxes on >>the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! [ beads rattling ] [ male announcer ] spearmint that tingles as you chew. stimulate your senses. 5 gum. now in micro pack. you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate! geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance. >>> at a time when the divide between rich and poor in this country, the new ticket will undo
from education to r&d in critical sectors the investments that the government providers that are necessary for the economy are simply not part of paul ryan's world view. he is pleasant and knowledgeable enough but his policies would be a disaster for the nation and will spell electoral defeat for romney once they are understand. paul ryan will be left standing of a smaller and even more limited (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>"if you ever raise taxes on...
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there is no way that the government could not find meaningful investments in ten years in education or infrastructure at these borrowing rates. that's what a private equity firm would do. that's what a responsible board member would tell a company if he were a private equity firm. >> eliot: and they would tell the government right now, paul krugman who has been rid writing ad nauseam, borrow, borrow, borrow. they could not borrow if the interest rates weren't low. >> they do do business if interest rates are high or if they're although. >> eliot: the numbers won't work. they won't work. >> not at a high price. they could still work, but they have to say i can't pay you this high. >> eliot: the premium, that's separate. >> in you know, the idea is to pay down the leverage that you get with the cash flow of the company. not use as much equity to buy it in the first place and then that equity value goes over time. it's brilliant, and it has nothing to do mitt romney and everything to do with being in the right place at the right time and having access to that platform to do it. >> they're
there is no way that the government could not find meaningful investments in ten years in education or infrastructure at these borrowing rates. that's what a private equity firm would do. that's what a responsible board member would tell a company if he were a private equity firm. >> eliot: and they would tell the government right now, paul krugman who has been rid writing ad nauseam, borrow, borrow, borrow. they could not borrow if the interest rates weren't low. >> they do do...
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, including higher education, instead of providing an economy that worked for everyone a minimum wage that maintained its stuff relative to inflation, instead of doing any of this governments and a lot of big corporations and some very wealthy people who did not have particular interest in bringing everybody else along, allowed the rest of the country to slide behind. look the overall u.s. economy now is about twice as large as it was in 1980. but the median wage has gone nowhere, most of the gains from growth, almost all of the gains from growth in that period of time have gone to the very top. that has lead to a very lopsided economy to say the least. >> clearly some of the social decisions that have been made in washington, minimum wage has been relatively flat unions have not been able to exercise their strength. but i want to put up on the screen what i think is one of the most fundamental charts, and i saw it for the first time i will confess in your book "after shock." and what you see is that blue line is productivity per hour going up continuously and yet wages becoming flat
, including higher education, instead of providing an economy that worked for everyone a minimum wage that maintained its stuff relative to inflation, instead of doing any of this governments and a lot of big corporations and some very wealthy people who did not have particular interest in bringing everybody else along, allowed the rest of the country to slide behind. look the overall u.s. economy now is about twice as large as it was in 1980. but the median wage has gone nowhere, most of the...
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he needs to not only educate but excite the voting public more. this is his opportunity to do so. >> eliot: the 59-point plan is a litany of half-baked ideas. don't say that in a partisan way. it was boring. i read it. most was rehashed stuff from the past that doesn't create a vision or an effective way to create jobs. it is not a vision. it is not a powerful speech. i think that's what mitt romney needs to do. right now he's playing victim about taxes. >> i disagree with that. >> eliot: i've give you a chance to respond in a minute. i don't think president obama yet has either crafted for us the equivalent economic statement that parallels what he did on race. heard from the president so far has been congress hasn't passed the jobs bill. congress hasn't passed that version of the jobs bill. congress hasn't passed the third version of another bill. that's been the president's economic message. but if you go to some of the swing states that matter, things aren't great. if you talk to people in the polling, economic indicators, they aren't great. s
he needs to not only educate but excite the voting public more. this is his opportunity to do so. >> eliot: the 59-point plan is a litany of half-baked ideas. don't say that in a partisan way. it was boring. i read it. most was rehashed stuff from the past that doesn't create a vision or an effective way to create jobs. it is not a vision. it is not a powerful speech. i think that's what mitt romney needs to do. right now he's playing victim about taxes. >> i disagree with that....
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education, infrastructure, basic r & d and protection of the safety net for those in true need. contrast this with the announcement that china is initiating a $156 billion infrastructure plan to build more subways and highways as a part of an effort to the economic softening they are seeingseeing. their growth rate is 7.6 percent. our, by contrast, is 1.7%. the singular success of the obama administrates is the on the economic front is the auto bailout. we need more of those not fewer. the crisis of '08 may have been averted but the trendline of declining middle class incomes and smaller workforce has not been addressed. that's my view. septic disasters are disgusting and costly, but avoidable. the rid-x septic subscriber program helps prevent backups by sending you monthly doses right to your door so you will never forget to maintain your system. sign up at rid-x.com. >> eliot: there was no clinton eastwood moment in charlotte this week, but frankly that was probably for the best as the democratic national convention came to a close last had some celebrities of its own. yes, ka
education, infrastructure, basic r & d and protection of the safety net for those in true need. contrast this with the announcement that china is initiating a $156 billion infrastructure plan to build more subways and highways as a part of an effort to the economic softening they are seeingseeing. their growth rate is 7.6 percent. our, by contrast, is 1.7%. the singular success of the obama administrates is the on the economic front is the auto bailout. we need more of those not fewer. the...
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. >> you would rather be spending money on education? what will build a better nation. can that kind of mass activism work on student loans? what is the step? how do you build this? tell us what your game plan is, 30 ends. >> call your senators and tell them we need to pass this and we need to be pouring money into education. that is the only way our country will get ahead pull us out of whatever slump we're in. that's what we need to do. rally, get people together. >> are you getting the same sort of mass media response? are you getting the signatures? -- >> yes. >> the viral activism that you need? >> yes, people are in it. parents are into it. cosigners, grandparents, students, everybody. >> we want you back. we'll make sure you get your 500,000 signatures. rebuild a dream
. >> you would rather be spending money on education? what will build a better nation. can that kind of mass activism work on student loans? what is the step? how do you build this? tell us what your game plan is, 30 ends. >> call your senators and tell them we need to pass this and we need to be pouring money into education. that is the only way our country will get ahead pull us out of whatever slump we're in. that's what we need to do. rally, get people together. >> are you...
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she was a good mark, not much education, had never taken a mortgage out before she moved to florida. she had spent years in alaska and owned her house free and clear. when she got in that pipeline the subprime loan the mortgage servicer, you know made things worse. there were thelee late fees that get piled on. there is this treadmill you can't get off of. and, you know, i picked her because she -- everything happened to her that i wanted to talk about. >> just to begin with what i think is such a salie in. t point because there is a elect argument. too many people took on mortgages. some cull patienty on the borrowers. in this case, you have somebody who bought her house free and clear starts the bids used the money to start a business and ran it successfully and then, as you state, fell into the abyss. >> she was getting loans taking money out of her house in order to keep her head above water and doing the best she could. but when she started getting behind, the mortgage servicer was no help in terms of getting a modification, getting her something she could afford to stay in the
she was a good mark, not much education, had never taken a mortgage out before she moved to florida. she had spent years in alaska and owned her house free and clear. when she got in that pipeline the subprime loan the mortgage servicer, you know made things worse. there were thelee late fees that get piled on. there is this treadmill you can't get off of. and, you know, i picked her because she -- everything happened to her that i wanted to talk about. >> just to begin with what i think...
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they are well-educated, the people i represent, and they get it, that they have to pay their fair share. >> right. it seems to me if the president can make that the full krum of the conversation over the next couple of weeks he will win. it will show whose side you are on, either on the side of those in the middle class who can -- who need that tax cut or are you on the side of those who are making a million or more who simple don't but just want to keep the money. >> that's right. and the nation wants the tax cuts for the middle class. >> they certainly do. democratic congresswoman lynn woolsey of california was thank you for your time. you are retiring. we will miss you. thank you for all you have done for this nation. >> thank you, eliot. thanks for having me. >> flow sheetit is our pleasure. the president of syria may finally, be losing his grip on the country. >> that's ahead on "viewpoint." >>it's the place where democracy is supposed to be the great equalizer, where your vote is worth just as much as donald trump's. we must save the country. it starts with you. hershey's chocolat
they are well-educated, the people i represent, and they get it, that they have to pay their fair share. >> right. it seems to me if the president can make that the full krum of the conversation over the next couple of weeks he will win. it will show whose side you are on, either on the side of those in the middle class who can -- who need that tax cut or are you on the side of those who are making a million or more who simple don't but just want to keep the money. >> that's right....
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here to joins us with the naacp legal defense education fund, thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> eliot: this is one victory is that in itself significant and where does it lead us to the overall effort. >> it's absolutely a development. they look to scale back their voting by half. it's a substantial impediment for many vote necessary florida. african-americans used the early voting channel as a way to participate meaningfully in the voting process. in 200828% 2008, 28% of african-americans voted early. they found that it was an important pathway of partition by african-americans. >> eliot: i hate to be a gnarly lawyer, but in order to win that case, did you and the litigators on behalf of right to vote, did you establish that the law tend tended to turkey african-american voters mother than other voters. >> because florida has a history of discrimination in voting. section five recovers places like florida to submit all of their voting changes to the federal government before their laws can take effect. since florida sought the changes to early voting law and a few
here to joins us with the naacp legal defense education fund, thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> eliot: this is one victory is that in itself significant and where does it lead us to the overall effort. >> it's absolutely a development. they look to scale back their voting by half. it's a substantial impediment for many vote necessary florida. african-americans used the early voting channel as a way to participate meaningfully in the voting process. in...
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i think it's a glimpse of the other mitt romney who is a very smart, sensible educated man. >> that's not what he is telling on the stump, though. >> yeah. >> he is trying to play the smart guy, i understand it wink, wink is this multiple personality disorder? how do you explain that? >> it is doing what you have to do to win. donald trump gives me x. although x is open to interpretation. looking about keensian economics. and in 2012 with the republican side a lot of stuff got out, and this is his attempt to bring it back. >> if i'm paul ryan and i read this, i say wait this guy doesn't get what i believe. >> well, give the republicans their due. there has been a republican argument for years that you can't allow the tax cuts to expire in the middle of a recession. so that's not contrary to the republican party. i don't think it was that he was trying to appeal to anybody i just think he is a sensible guy who understands economics -- >> we have got one minute. real quick. i want to challenge perhaps -- or raise an argument the white house should be making. barack obama is a better pri
i think it's a glimpse of the other mitt romney who is a very smart, sensible educated man. >> that's not what he is telling on the stump, though. >> yeah. >> he is trying to play the smart guy, i understand it wink, wink is this multiple personality disorder? how do you explain that? >> it is doing what you have to do to win. donald trump gives me x. although x is open to interpretation. looking about keensian economics. and in 2012 with the republican side a lot of...
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it's also getting them educated on retirement benefits, you know, health benefits and those kinds of things. >> eliot: but as you point out in the book, the economy is structurally very different. you're freelancers academic smart maybe you can forge with workers of that sort. but in the world where the it's vertically workers to employer, and organizing it's a a point in time where our manufacturing base looked very different. how do you forge that sense of common purpose where these days it doesn't simply exist? >> well, in fact, the way unions are beginning to reimagine the labor movement is a much more of a global labor movement. there are connections being made. for example the steelworkers. they're creating formal organizations, not just with canada, buth mexico, great britain, brazil and south africa. right now the president of the mexican mine workers union napoleon gomez is operating as a president re-elected out of an office in vancouver because he had to flee mexico under threat of mine owners and corrupt politicians. there are ways in which unions are beginning to reach o
it's also getting them educated on retirement benefits, you know, health benefits and those kinds of things. >> eliot: but as you point out in the book, the economy is structurally very different. you're freelancers academic smart maybe you can forge with workers of that sort. but in the world where the it's vertically workers to employer, and organizing it's a a point in time where our manufacturing base looked very different. how do you forge that sense of common purpose where these...
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. >> mitt romney cares about jobs, education. >> this is a wild and crazy man inside of there. >> we are two wild and crazy guys. >> you often come and hear people that have come to an event where mitt romney is at and they go i relate to him. >> mitt romney you are a racist! mitt romney, you are a racist! >> that's the noisetive, and that's not accurate. >> i made a joke about barbara walters, and apparently she was unamused. >> 16 years ago there was no facebook google and the tweet was something barbara walters gave her dog. >> i didn't mean to upset you barbara, it was little joke and fit offended you i'm very sorry. >> i'm a very busy man. >> we need to convince the american people to do something difficult. >> he is our first african american president. >> that's not even funny. >> just remember anything i say is brilliant trust me. i did this stuff up in my hotel room and laughed my ass off. >> pacco the parrot is going to persuade us to vote for mitt romney. rupert murdoch is unfit to run a company. that's the official finding. >>we will not settle for the dinner's ready. [ f
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we give them good food and educate them. we teach the people in line how to use the kale we teach them out to make the food taste good and they are like, oh wow, this is easy. it is not that hard. >> you hear complaints about the nanny state, suddenly the government telling us what to eat, and disclosure is certainly calory counts on a package of junk food is one thing, but should the state say no trans-fats? are those good and proper marion? >> the state is already heavily involved in deciding what foods are eaten and what foods aren't. the best example i can think of is the index of fruits and vegetables since 1980 has gone up by about 40%, whereas the index price of sodas has gone down by 15 or 20%. >> should we tax soda? >> it's not a bad idea. it's not an unreasonable idea. it's something that could be considered. it's an experiment that's worth trying. >> reaching for those things that can be done that would change the on text of the environment you are talking about is a hard thing to do. >> you have to do more than o
we give them good food and educate them. we teach the people in line how to use the kale we teach them out to make the food taste good and they are like, oh wow, this is easy. it is not that hard. >> you hear complaints about the nanny state, suddenly the government telling us what to eat, and disclosure is certainly calory counts on a package of junk food is one thing, but should the state say no trans-fats? are those good and proper marion? >> the state is already heavily involved...
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of the world getting richer means a lot of more people who want to buy our stuff and who want to get educated here. but we're making poor choices. one of those choices was to basically cut public employment by a large amount. i call this the conservative recovery. every month the private sector adds jobs and the public sector cuts them. this didn't happen in the recovery in the 80s. this did not happen in the recovery of the 90s. and it did not happen in the recovery of the past decade. >> is this the wrong policy choice? should government be spending more or should we take the more gradual approach. i hear the optimism in your voice about the private sector. should the government slim down and the private sector will eventually hire those folks and then move into the more productive private sector or should we let the government pick up the slack at this point. >> it's not a matter of creating make-work for people. we've laid off teachers in this country and it's not like we have fewer kids in school. in many states like texas they have many more children in school. a lot of these layoffs th
of the world getting richer means a lot of more people who want to buy our stuff and who want to get educated here. but we're making poor choices. one of those choices was to basically cut public employment by a large amount. i call this the conservative recovery. every month the private sector adds jobs and the public sector cuts them. this didn't happen in the recovery in the 80s. this did not happen in the recovery of the 90s. and it did not happen in the recovery of the past decade....